. >> i want to play a clip from a speech by president obama in kansas which actually touches on that very point. let's watch this. >> my grandparents served during world war ii. he was a soldier in patten's army. she was a worker on a bomber assembly line. they believed in an america where hard work paid off and responsibility was rewarded. and anyone could make it if they tried. no matter who you were, no matter where you came from, no matter how you started out. >> is there a problem with what the president is saying there that that basic tenant of what the american dream stood for that anybody can make it, does that really exist anymore? a lot of people are gifted and talented but are simply not able to realize their dream, their talent under this current financial climb it climate. >> i think it was true then. i mean everyone could get a job. but what he managed to overlook at that point was that, by the way, his grandparents were white people from kansas in the american south. they were not getting very good jobs during the post war years. a lot gravitated to detroit so they cou